Crawley, Smith Named to 3X3u National Championship Watch List

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2-4-2020

Crawley, Smith Named to 3x3U National Championship Watch List

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Crawley, Smith Named to 3x3U National Championship Watch List 2020 event to take place at Atlantic Station as college basketball’s top seniors once again compete for $150,000. Marc Gignac Men's Basketball Posted: 2/4/2020 11:18:00 AM ATLANTA – Georgia Southern men's basketball student-athletes Ike Smith and Isaiah Crawley are two of 10 Sun Belt seniors named to the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship Midseason Watch List, which was announced Tuesday.

The 2020 event is scheduled for April 3-5 at Atlanta's Atlantic Station, where it will be contested outdoors for the first time.

In what is the single-largest gathering of draft-eligible talent in the months leading up to the NBA Draft, the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship features 128 seniors from all 32 Division I conferences vying for one of the biggest purses at any FIBA-sanctioned 3x3 event. Teams will compete for $150,000, with $100,000 going to the tournament champions. The winning team will once again earn an automatic berth to the 2020 USA Basketball 3x3 Open National Championship in May.

Smith ranks 11th in the Sun Belt in scoring and rebounding and is averaging 14.4 points, six rebounds, two assists and a steal a contest. Crawley is 15th in the league in scoring and 12th in rebounding and is averaging 13.1 points and 5.9 rebounds an outing while shooting 56 percent from the field.

The Tournament will once again receive non-stop coverage through its broadcast partners Twitter and ESPN. Every second of the 2020 Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship will be available to a national audience beginning with pool play games on Friday and Saturday, April 3-4, and knockout rounds on Sunday, April 5. Twitter will be the exclusive home of pool play games, as well as the Round of 16 and quarterfinal games. ESPN2 will carry the semifinal, consolation and championship contests.

Last year, the Dos Equis 3X3U National Championship featured nearly 100 all-conference honorees, 45 first-team selections, eight conference Players of the Year, 11 USBWA All-District performers and nine conference tournament Most Outstanding Players. Among this year's watch list are more than 150 preseason all-conference honorees and 13 preseason conference Players of the Year.

Each team roster will be comprised of four eligible seniors from the same Division I conference. Teams will be organized into eight pools of four and each team will be guaranteed three pool play games, earning $1,000 for every victory on Friday and Saturday. The top two teams in each pool will move on to Sunday's knockout stage, where the stakes skyrocket. Only the teams competing in the tournament final will earn additional prize money, with the champions winning $100,000.

Last year, the team from the Colonial Athletic Association – which was made up first-team all-league performers Jarrell Brantley, Devontae Cacok, Vasa Pusica and Justin Wright-Foreman – went a perfect 7-0 during the tournament and took home the $100,000 grand prize. Brantley and Wright-Foreman were drafted in the second round of the NBA Draft, and are currently part of the Utah Jazz organization. Cacok recently signed a two-way deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.